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Elaine Russell Elaine Russell i(A53966 works by)
Born: Established: 1941 Tingha, Inverell - Ashford area, New England, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 3 y separately published work icon Savannah Dreams Lolla Stewart , Elaine Russell (illustrator), Neutral Bay : Little Hare Books , 2011 Z1769463 2011 single work picture book children's From Monday to Saturday, Savannah and her family go looking for bush tucker. The others all find fabulous food, while Savannah only finds bits of junk. But Savannah is imaginative, and creates a barramundi sculpture out of the things she has collected. On Sunday, she catches a real live barramundi!(Libraries Australia).
1 4 y separately published work icon The Shack that Dad Built Elaine Russell , Elaine Russell (illustrator), Surry Hills : Little Hare Books , 2005 Z1133712 2005 single work picture book children's

'When Elaine Russell was five, her dad built the family a shack just outside the Aboriginal mission at La Perouse in Sydney. In The Shack that Dad Built, Elaine illustrates what life was like for an Indigenous kid on the urban fringes. Her recollections range from the happy memories of hide-and-seek in the sand dunes and hunting for bush tucker to more bittersweet memories, such as her "Saddest Christmas Ever" (when the charity responsible for distributing presents to the local Aboriginal kids ran out of toys just as Elaine reached the head of the queue). Elaine's colourful, painterly illustrations vividly recreate these childhood experiences.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 9 y separately published work icon A is for Aunty Elaine Russell , Elaine Russell (illustrator), Sydney : ABC Books , 2000 Z820946 2000 single work picture book children's

'Memories of growing up on an Aboriginal mission are brought to life in this alphabet picture book with a difference. It features accounts of possums as pets and Aunty Goldie who used zinc ointment for just about every ailment.' (Publication summary)
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